MAKING SENSE OF FAILED COUP D’ETAT IN TURKEY AND ITS AFTERMATH

Baiquni Baiquni

Abstract


Coup d’etat was not a new phenomenon for Turkey because several successful coups previously had happened led by military to protect the Kemalism in Turkey. However, what happened in the night of 16 July 2016 was very historical for Turkey, because the coup d’etat attempt was successfully defeated. This time, nevertheless, although done by a military junta, Erdoğan believes that the master mind of the coup was his former ally, Fethullah Gülen, leader of cultural Islamic based organization (Gülen Movement). This claim was very interesting, despite the fact that both parties are known for their deeply Islamic roots and former allies. Therefore, this paper tends to make sense of what actually had happened between both parties, hence Gülen Movement was alleged as the coup plotters. Why the coup attempt failed and what is the aftermath of the coup?

Keywords


coup, Gülen, Erdoğan, Turkey

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.22373/aricis.v1i0.982

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